‘The Voice’ Season 5, Week 1, Night 2 : TV Recap

Night two of the season premiere of “The Voice” saw the competition’s four coaches pad out their teams with nine new artists, including one big stand-out from Jamaica.

“You can easily win The Voice this year,” Adam Levine told Tessanne Chin, who had all the judges pleading with her to join their teams after a memorable rendition of Pink’s “Try.” The former backup singer for reggae legend Jimmy Cliff ultimately chose Adam.

Tuesday night’s other four-chair turner: Holly Henry, a pancake house waitress and singer-songwriter, whose smoky tones pulled in all the judges. She chose Blake.

At the end of week one, Adam has two of the strongest contenders so far: Tessanne and former Apple employee James Wolpert from night one. And Christina Aguilera has another stand-out from night one: Matthew Schuler.

With five artists already on board, Adam is almost half way to filling his 12-person team. The three other judges – Christina, CeeLo and Blake – each have four on their teams so far.

Here are Tuesday night’s new additions:

Jacquie Lee

Song: Back to Black

Team: Christina

Backstory: First up, this 16-year-old junior turned Christina and Blake’s chairs and ultimately picked Christina. CeeLo obsessed about her boots: “I like those boots, I wonder if they make those boots for dudes.”

Barry Black

Song: What You Won’t Do for Love

Team: Adam

Backstory: This Samoan singer impressed the judges with his soulful singing and an extraordinary horn-sound he made with his voice. He turned Adam and Blake’s chairs. Blake said “I’m desperate for this man” but he picked Adam instead.

Name: Destinee Quinn

Song: Cowboy Take Me Away

Team: Christina

Backstory: A country score for Christina, although she had no competition from Blake. The 20-year-old country singer, who has performed with Alice Cooper, picked Christina rather over CeeLo. Blake said he would steal Destinee in the battle rounds.

Name: Cole Vosbury

Song: Movin’ On Up

Team: CeeLo

Backstory: CeeLo turned his chair alone for Cole, whose grandmother was a successful country artist. CeeLo said: “Anyone who had the audacity to do that song, I had to be associated with.”

Name: Holly Henry

Song: The Scientist

Team: Blake

Backstory: Four chair turner. Blake slapped his button in seconds for this smoky-voiced 19-year-old pancake house waitress but was quickly joined by his rivals.

Name: Jonny Gray

Song: All These Things That I’ve Done

Team: CeeLo

Backstory: Air Force veteran Jonny confessed before the audition that Adam was his man but he picked CeeLo, describing him as his “soul brother” for making a Pearl Jam reference. Jonny turned two chairs: CeeLo and Adam.

Name: E.G. Daily

Song: Breathe

Team: Blake

Backstory: The voice-over artist and former “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” star turned Blake and CeeLo’s chairs with her raspy voice. Blake won over.

Name: Austin Jenckes

Song: Simple Man

Team: Blake

Backstory: Austin, who plays with his late father’s guitar, also turned Blake and CeeLo’s chairs after belting out a powerful note at the end of the song. Blake scored again after asking about the story of Austin’s guitar.

Name: Tessanne Chin

Song: Try

Team: Adam

Backstory: Tessanne turned three chairs in seconds and ultimately also won over Blake with her amazing rendition of Try. Adam said: “This is going to be a dirty fight.” Christina added: “We’re all pretty desperate to have you on our teams.” Adam almost fell over when she picked him.